A car has been seized from a property in Sydney as part of fresh investigations into the disappearance of William Tyrrell seven years ago.
It has been revealed that last Tuesday a Mazda 3 was seized from Gymea in southern Sydney and taken to a secure facility.
It is expected to undergo forensic examination and analysis for several weeks.
The seizure is significant given police have not had any major breakthroughs in the case since William vanished in 2014.
It comes as investigators begin their third day of new searches where Tyrrell was last seen — in the garden of his foster grandmother's house in Kendall, on the Mid-North Coast.
The searches were prompted by fresh information recently obtained by police.
Forensic teams have spent the night spraying the chemical luminol outside the Kendall home as they search for traces of blood.
Neighbours yesterday watched as officers leading a cadaver dog returned to the house on Benaroon Drive and began digging up the garden beneath the home's second-storey balcony.
NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller had earlier revealed investigations were focused on a new person of interest, although who that was remains unclear.
Police and Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteers are expected to comb three new locations in and around Kendall over the next three weeks.
There are mixed feelings about the operation in the tiny town about four hour's drive from Sydney, which about 1,000 people call home.
Watching the up to 20 police officers carefully dig into the dirt and vegetation — removing whole plants from the ground — was Viv Gunter, who lives across from the property.
From his home he could hear the whirring of the machines as they sifted through the dug up soil, which echoed further down the usually quiet street.
Mr Gunter, like the rest of Kendall, had his own theories about what happened to Tyrrell.
"We quite often discuss it over a beer at the club, wonder what's going on, will they ever find anything," he said.
"This new theory, where it's come from, we would all like to know what's happened with that because that's totally out of the blue, because we all expected someone had grabbed him … so now the search is back in town."
Whatever the outcome of the renewed operation, Mr Gunter knows its unlikely to have a happy ending.
Earlier this week, police confirmed they were looking for Tyrrell's remains.
"We get very upset, especially my wife, she gets very upset, she can't wait to see something happen to shed a light one way or the other," he said.
"I think it's all going to be bad news. It's a shame."
Neikz Jones was part of the search efforts for Tyrrell in 2014 and she was out again on Tuesday hoping to find answers and closure.
Ms Jones, who has a daughter about Tyrrell's age, said the community had been living fear.
"Most of the people in the community have been stressing about whether someone's out here to take [their] kids," she said.
The Mid-North Coast resident said she couldn't understand why this search wasn't conducted earlier.
"He only had little legs, so he couldn't have gone far," she said.
"We kept saying you need to investigate or search the areas close to home because if he wandered away, he'd be close by."
Police investigation under scrutiny
NSW Police's handling of the case is also under the microscope after the state's top cop yesterday said resources had been wasted during the course of the past seven years.
Despite a $1 million reward, an 18-month inquest and 600 persons of interests, there have been no arrests.
Commissioner Fuller admitted people had needlessly come under suspicion.
He said the current team of investigators, led by Detective Chief David Laidlaw, had inherited a "bit of a mess" but have "really cleaned up the investigation".
Police Minister David Elliott yesterday downplayed suggestions of mismanagement.
"Anything that's happened in the past is in the past as far as I'm concerned," Mr Elliott said.
"My focus at the moment is making sure in the next couple of weeks those police that are involved in this particular operation, as well as the RFS members that have been deployed get on with the job with the minimum interference."
Mr Elliott said he would support any "post-operation review".
"I think what you'll find with a mysterious incident like this, is that every single option has to be investigated," he said.
"Let's hope that whatever the conclusion is gives closure to the family and the community."
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